1833-08-29 Birth: Henry Van Cleef

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01735
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 233
Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part II, Series 3, Item 27

Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 233. Archival location: Somerset County Clerk's Office. Manumission and Register of Blacks, Book B.

Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1818-1840. Series 3 (1831-1840), Item 27. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book B, Page 233
Child: Henry Van Cleef
Mother: Dinah
Enslaver of mother and child: Augustus R. Taylor
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 29 August 1833
Reported date: 15 January 1834
Clerk: John M. Mann

Although Augustus R. Taylor did not list his place of residence on this birth certificate, census records and other documents he filed at the Somerset County Clerk's Office indicate that he was a resident of the City of New Brunswick, living in the western section of the city that was then part of Franklin Township. Thus, Henry Van Cleef was most likely born in New Brunswick.
Event Type
Birth
Date
August 29, 1833
Location of Event
New Brunswick
Franklin (Somerset County)
Primary Participants

Henry Van Cleef (b. 1833)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04198
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Augustus R. Taylor
Verbatim description from source:
"male child...named Henry and called by the parents Henry Van Cleef"

Dinah Van Cleef
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04199
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Augustus R. Taylor
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave Dinah"
Additional Participants

Augustus R. Taylor
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03508
Role: Enslaver

John M. Mann
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03401
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event